Specifies the date format to be used with this program.
                  
            
                
                  		  
                  Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only. 
                     		  
                  
 
                  		
                
              
            	 
            
               Syntax:
 
               		 
               		DATE={date-format} 
               	   
            	 
            
               Parameters: 
 
               		
               		
               
                  		  
                  			 
                  - date-format
                     			 
                  
 
                  			 
                  - The format in which date information is to be returned. One of: 
                     				
                     
                         
                           					  
                           					  
                           					 
                            
                              						
                               
                                 						  
                                 | ISO
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						  
                                 yyyy-mm-dd
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						
                              
 
                              						
                               
                                 						  
                                 | EUR
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						  
                                 dd.mm.yyyy 
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						
                              
 
                              						
                               
                                 						  
                                 | JIS
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						  
                                 yyyy-mm-dd
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						
                              
 
                              						
                               
                                 						  
                                 | USA
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						  
                                 mm/dd/yyyy 
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						
                              
 
                              						
                               
                                 						  
                                 | LOCAL
                                    						  
                                  |  
                                 						  
                                 format needs to be defined from the IDE, using 
                                    							  
                                       								Options > SQL for DB2 
                                       								 (Windows) or 
                                             			 The User Profile utility (UNIX).
                                    						  
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               Properties:
 
               		 
               		
                
                  		
                  
                      
                        			  
                        			  
                        			 
                         
                           				
                            
                              				  
                              | Default:
                                 				  
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                              Use the default settings defined by the IDE, using 
                                 					  
                                    						Options > SQL for DB2 
                                    						 (Windows) or 
                                          			 The User Profile utility (UNIX).
                                 				  
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Comments:
Use this directive to override the default settings.